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<div>The latest VDPAU capable FE I built cost me $273.95(excluding shipping) from the Egg.</div>
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<div>It was an Inwin BM639 case/power supply for $84.99</div>
<div>945GCLF2 MB and Atom 330 processor for $79.99</div>
<div>Sparkle 8400GS 512MB PCI card for $54.99</div>
<div>2GB memory for $18.99</div>
<div>80GB HDD for $34.99</div>
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<div>In addition I had to replace the chipset fan (which was loud!). I had a 40mm fan already - otherwise that would have been another $5 or so. I probably could have found a cheaper HDD but I wanted a Seagate, and that was the smallest capacity that I clicked on.</div>
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<div>It works a treat (plays back Blurays without a problem) using Ubuntu 8.10 and Jean-Yves's 0.21 repo.</div>
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<div>I need to build another frontend, and would love to come in closer to $200 (for similar functionality)</div>
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</blockquote></div>Well you could drop the $35 hard drive and netboot.<br><br>-- <br>Mitchell<br>